Super Bowl Homeboy

Vikes owner and Triangle of Authority peak Zygmunt Wilf is many things — fabulously wealthy, generous, a hell of an amateur chef. But mostly he is a master of clairvoyance. Zyg was fully aware of the impending obstacles the Vikings would face in an America wherein a politically connected NFL commissioner hooked up with a newly inaugurated, young sports-loving President who roots for the Bears.

So what did Wilf do to keep the burgeoning Barack machine from taking over America? He ponied up the big bucks for Hillary. According to data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics, Zygmunt contributed the maximum $2,300 in individual contributions as allowed under current campaign finance regulation. But to really show his support, Zygmunt quietly led a movement amongst the members of his famously tight family business as well.

Over $10,000 from the Wilf family alone, discounting the likely bigger bucks quietly bundled by Wilf or channeled through political action committees was intended to balance out the Vikings’ interests in a league historically biased against the dominance of purple pride. (CITATION: Encyclopedias and stuff).

And why not return to the good times of the Clinton era? Consider the following stats:

Vikes under Clinton

• 81-47, three division titles, seven playoff appearances, two NFC title game appearances

Vikes Under Bush

• 51-61, zero division titles, one playoff appearance, one disarmingly sexy mustache
  

Alas, the Vikes will have to overcome the Bush curse and win NOW if they are to strike before the iron is Barack. The alternative, of course, is to hope that McCain is elected and doesn’t cheat his way to a Super Bowl like Bears fans would. (Mostly because the Cardinals couldn’t manage to win a Super Bowl if McCain scheduled it as a scrimmage.)

And with Hillary Clinton’s convention speech failing to galvanize a surprise steal of the nomination on a previously unforeseen technicality, (and the inevitable cabinet appointment that would have been awarded to Wilf along with it), the stakes grow ever higher for fall 2008 - the year of the Viking - while there is still time.

YES WE CAN.